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byōin

a word from vocabulary Japanese by Christopher K. Schmidt

Borrowed status	1. clearly borrowed
Comments	Chinese calque (loan rendition) borrowed by Japanese. The Edo era 紅毛雑話 has the following: “In China, there is an institution called gasutohoisu (?), and it is called 病院 by the Chinese”. (同国中にガストホイスといふ府あり、明人病院と訳す。)
Source words	bìngyuàn 'clinic' Chinese
Effect	No information
Salience	No information
Contact situation	Sinicization [21]